Medievalists.net » The City of God/De civitate Dei http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Intersex in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/09/intersex-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/09/intersex-middle-ages/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:25:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55353 A brief look at how the medieval world viewed the Intersex individual.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/23/protecting-non-combatant-chivalry-codes-just-war-theory/feed/ 0 Medieval Thought and its Architectural Expression http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/02/medieval-thought-and-its-architectural-expression/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/02/medieval-thought-and-its-architectural-expression/#comments Sun, 02 Feb 2014 20:07:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47224 This dissertation will study the correlation and influences between a series of underlying beliefs and how these find expression in the architecture and setting of place.

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